Environment
Bird Lover Akash Kali Das Receives Bangabandhu Award
Akash Kali Das, known as 'Pakhibandhu' (friend of birds) in Koitola village of Pabna's Bera upazila, has received the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Award 2024.
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Bangladesh
Fruits
Mango Prices Soar at Sharsha's Beltala Market After Cyclone Remal
Mango prices at the Beltala market in Sharsha, Jashore, have shot up since Cyclone Remal, with Himsagar jumping from Tk 1,800 to Tk 4,500 a maund.
Agribusiness
Shariatpur's 20-Maund Bull 'Bagha' Up for Sale at Tk 10 Lakh
Bilkis and Faruk, a couple in Shariatpur, have raised a bull of about 20 maunds named 'Bagha' for Qurbani and are asking Tk 10 lakh for him.
Fruits
Make Ripe Mango Pudding with Five Ingredients
With ripe mangoes plentiful in the market, a chilled mango pudding makes a simple dessert that needs only a few ingredients.
Crops
New Golapi and Elachi Litchi Varieties Grown in Dinajpur
Alongside Dinajpur's familiar litchi varieties, a Sadar upazila orchard is now growing Golapi and Elachi litchis, large, juicy fruit said not to be grown anywhere else in the country.
Vegetables
How to Keep Your Food Safe
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sets out four simple steps at home to protect families from food poisoning.
Livestock
Qurbani Animals Reach Jhenaidah Markets, but Buyers Are Few
Sacrificial animals have started arriving at markets in Jhenaidah ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, but trade has yet to pick up, and the livestock department is urging care with feed in the heat.
Fruits
Palm Fruit Kernel Sales Rise in the Unbearable Heat
Street sales of tender palm fruit kernels are booming in Sharsha and Benapole, Jashore, as buyers say the juicy fruit helps meet the body's need for water in the heat.
Livestock
Noakhali Has More Qurbani Animals Than It Needs
Farmers in Noakhali have prepared 1,67,378 animals for Qurbani against demand for 1,36,983, leaving a surplus of 30,395.
Crops
Which Vegetables to Grow in June
With the monsoon usually starting in June, the month's weather and soil suit almost every kind of vegetable, provided growers choose high land and keep fields drained.
Fruits
How to Make Ripe Mango Lassi
With ripe mangoes in season, a mango lassi is a simple way to keep cool in the summer heat.
Livestock
No Qurbani Animal Market at Aftabnagar, DSCC Tells High Court
Dhaka South City Corporation has put on hold a lease notice for a cattle market at Aftabnagar issued in defiance of the Appellate Division, so no Qurbani market will be held there.
Environment
Mission Green Bangladesh Plants Trees at 53 Sites on Environment Day
Mission Green Bangladesh planted trees around schools, colleges, madrasas and mosques in districts and upazilas across the country to mark World Environment Day.